69
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Hatton Vale · Suburb / Locality
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities — how many people identify as First Nations, and how they fare on age, schooling, work, income and language. From the ABS 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Profile; the ABS notes these counts are an undercount.
A strikingly low unemployment rate of 0% marks the First Nations experience in Hatton Vale. This community has 69 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a population larger than about 83% of similar areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hatton Vale — higher than 81% of areas.
| Hatton Vale | 69 |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 237,303 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical First Nations resident is 24 years old, which is about the same as the national figure and a little older than the Queensland average of 23.
69
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24 yrs
Younger than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
School completion among First Nations people.
School completion is strong here, with 46.3% of First Nations people finishing Year 12. This is a little above the Queensland figure and well above the national rate of 37.0%.
46.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Engagement with the labour force.
There is no unemployment among First Nations people in this area. This 0.0% rate is far below both the Queensland figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 12.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a share of the First Nations labour force (aged 15+).
Personal and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,974, which is well above the national figure of $1,507. Personal income is also well above the national average, at $754 compared to $540.
$754
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,974
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total weekly income for households with one or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.
Use of an Australian Indigenous language at home.
No one in the First Nations community speaks a First Nations language. This 0.0% rate is far below the national average of 12.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use an Australian Indigenous language at home.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Hatton Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31302/hatton-vale/topic/first-nations